This volume contains the following manuscripts described as either an Inaugural Dissertation or an Inaugural Essay presented to the University of Maryland for the Degree of "Doctor of Medicine" or "Doctor of Physic" : Typhoid Fever / by Jamison, William D. ; Carcinoma or Cancer / by Warfield, Evan W. ; Gastroenteritis as it Occurs in the Malarious Districts of Maryland / by Kent, Daniel ; Physiology of the Iris / by Owen, Charles W. ; Observations on Puerperal Fever / by Frick, Charles ; Pneumonia, Typhoides / by Moran, John J. ; Injuries of the Head / by Ragan, William ; Rubeola / by Wigman, Herman ; Sympathetic Inflammation / by Hill, Joseph H. ; Hemorrhage / by Cronise, J. Stoll ; Dislocation of the Patella / by Colburn, Edmund F. ; Erysipelas / by Gordon, John S. M. ; Dysentery / by Hughes, Joseph C. ; Pleurisy / by Owings, S. Kennedy ; Lactation / by Motte, Francis Marion ; Elements of Diagnosis / by Hobbs, Warner ; Scarlatina / by Crawford, James V.